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Government and private sector to meet 16 August in Atlanta
The Georgia Tech Information Center hosts the inaugural GFIRST-USSS/ECTF-Infragard meeting
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SafeNet and By Light announce partnership to deliver encryption services
Two companies, one expert in encryption, the other in engineering, team up to deliver turn-key encryption services to the Department of Defense.
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Blue Lane Technologies announces inline patch for Windows server vulnerability
Blue Lane today announced the imediate availability of an inline patch that eliminates a critical RPC protocol vulnerability in the Windows Server Service.
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CipherTrust up 400 percent in second quarter
Webmail, and messaging security solutions provider is up 400 percent this second quarter over last year during the same period owing to important contracts and a special certification; this could be a company you might want to keep an eye on
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Avamar a partner in Sun Microsystems’ program for ISVs
Avamar is selected as a principal partner in Sun’s Partner Advantage Program
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InfoZen awarded CMMI Maturity Level 2
Its all about process and control, and InfoZen, a developer of software solutions which help organizations monitor their operations and make them more efficient, wins important recognition
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Trend: Government demand for data-mining applications grows
The NSA’s wire snooping on Americans is but the tip of the iceberg; the government’s voracious appetite for ever-greater amounts of information for the battle against terrorism offer an opportunity for companies which develop data-mining solutions
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Fighting Illini to work on data processing technology for DHS
DHS awards University of Illinois a contract to develop data-mining software
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IEEE calls for increased investment in cybersecurity
The leading electronic engineering organization warns of vulnerability of U.S. IT infrastructure, and calls for more investment in it
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Better protection against wireless leaks of information
With more and more sensitive government and corporate information being transmitted wirelessly, there is a growing need to thwart and mitigate the unauthorized wireless leaking of information; A California company has something to offer
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Hackers ply their trade for financial gain
Hackers used to be introverted, angry young men with acne who felt misunderstood and sought compensation in beating the system; many of them are still young and angry, but they have become more money-oriented in their activities
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Promisec, corporate security specialist, raises $2.4 million
More damage is done to companies by disgruntled or malicious employees, and Promisec offers a solution which may alleviate this particular problem
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L-3 selects AirWalk for CDMA-based IP-RAN
Communication during disasters is key to effective response, and L-3 chooses a developer of IP radio access networks for CDMA wireless voice and data networks
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The long view
White supremacists' anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant sentiments often intersect
Robert Bowers, the suspect in Saturday’s deadly shooting spree in Pittsburgh, appears to have hated Jews for a variety of reasons, but one anti-Semitic trope in particular seems to have motivated him in the days prior to the shooting, and may have even played a role in his decision to unleash his hateful attack: the common white supremacist conspiracy theory that Jews are behind efforts to impose mass immigration on the United States, with the goal of harming or destroying the white race.
Twitter’s massive data release shows the Kremlin’s broad pro-Trump strategy
Twitter today (Wednesday) released ten million tweets it says represent all of the foreign influence operations on the social media platform, including Russia’s consistent efforts to undermine Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid and support Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. The Internet Research Agency, the St. Petersburg-based Kremlin’s troll farm, created 3,400 accounts to undermine Hillary Clinton’s campaign and support Trump. Before helping Trump defeat Clinton, the Kremlin helped Trump secure the GOP nomination by targeting former governor Jeb Bush and Senator Ted Cruz.
Answering the pressing cyber-risk economics questions
When it comes to improving the cybersecurity posture of the U.S. critical infrastructure and vital data assets, there are a host of questions that need to be answered before actionable cybersecurity risk-management strategies can be developed and resources deployed.
Mitigating cyberthreats in vehicles
In acts of terrorism, vehicles have been deployed as killing machines. These incidents involved human operators, but another sinister possibility looms: a vehicle cyber hack intended to cause human harm. While this kind of terrorist attack has not yet occurred, in the realm of security research, it’s been demonstrated how hackers could gain control over car systems like the brakes, steering and engine.
Exposing security vulnerabilities in terahertz data links
Scientists have assumed that future terahertz data links would have an inherent immunity to eavesdropping, but new research shows that’s not necessarily the case. The study shows that terahertz data links, which may play a role in ultra-high-speed wireless data networks of the future, aren’t as immune to eavesdropping as many researchers have assumed. The research shows that it is possible for a clever eavesdropper to intercept a signal from a terahertz transmitter without the intrusion being detected at the receiver.
Unhackable computer relying on firmware security rather than software patches
By turning computer circuits into unsolvable puzzles, researchers aim to create an unhackable computer. The MORPHEUS project’s cybersecurity approach is dramatically different from today’s, which relies on software—specifically software patches to vulnerabilities that have already been identified. It’s been called the “patch and pray” model, and it’s not ideal. “Instead of relying on software Band-Aids to hardware-based security issues, we are aiming to remove those hardware vulnerabilities in ways that will disarm a large proportion of today’s software attacks,” says Linton Salmon, manager of DARPA’s System Security Integrated Through Hardware and Firmware program.